Orwell On Truth
Editorial HARVILL SECKER
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He was more than just a great writer. We need him today because of his passion for the truth? ? Sunday TimesOrwell remains the gold standard by which everyone else?s efforts should be judged ? TelegraphA writer who is still...
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- ISBN13 9781787300521
- ISBN10 1787300528
- Tipo LIBRO
- Páginas 176
- Año de Edición 2021
- Idioma Inglés
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
Orwell On Truth
Editorial HARVILL SECKER
He was more than just a great writer. We need him today because of his passion for the truth? ? Sunday TimesOrwell remains the gold standard by which everyone else?s efforts should be judged ? TelegraphA writer who is still...
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He was more than just a great writer. We need him today because of his passion for the truth? ? Sunday Times
Orwell remains the gold standard by which everyone else?s efforts should be judged ? Telegraph
A writer who is still vividly contemporary ? Orwell told the truth -- Christopher Hitchens
The greatest writer of the twentieth century ? Observer
He made it his business to tell the truth at a time when many contemporaries believed that history had ordained the lie ? His work endures, as lucid and vigorous as the day it was written ? Time
'Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four. If that is granted, all else follows.'
This selection of George Orwell's writing, from both his novels and non-fiction, gathers together his thoughts on the subject of truth. It ranges from discussion of personal honesty and morality, to freedom of speech and political propaganda. Orwell's unique clarity of thought and illuminating scepticism provide the perfect defence against our post-truth world of fake news and confusion.
'The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.'
Includes an introduction by Alan Johnson and passages from Burmese Days, The Road to Wigan Pier, Coming Up for Air, The Lion and the Unicorn, Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell's letters, war-time diary, criticism and essays including 'Fascism and Democracy', 'Culture and Democracy', 'Looking Back on the Spanish War', 'As I Please', 'Notes on Nationalism', 'The Prevention of Literature', 'Politics and the English Language' and 'Why I Write'.